
Essay · 2 min · EN
A Light Meal, Sichuan Style
A neighborhood buffet in Chengdu offers a generous reunion with the flavors of Sichuan.
Writing
Essays, field notes and research by Noam Backner on China, Inner Asia, Buddhism, the Silk Roads, food, agriculture and the lived experience of place.

Essay · 2 min · EN
A neighborhood buffet in Chengdu offers a generous reunion with the flavors of Sichuan.

Essay · 5 min · EN
Trade, metal convoys, and the boat haulers whose punishing labor carried the Yangtze’s commerce through the Three Gorges.